Dr. José N. Reyes, Jr., P.E., Nuclear Engineering Ph.D. and M.S. Univ. of Maryland, B.S. Univ. of Florida is the Co-founder and CTO of NuScale Power. He is co-inventor of the NuScale small modular reactor with over 110 patents granted or pending in 20 countries. He is an expert on nuclear plant scaling, passive safety, and testing. He is Professor Emeritus and former head of the Dept. of Nuclear Engineering at Oregon State University. He was the OSU principal investigator for the Westinghouse AP600 and AP1000 design certification test programs. He is an ANS Fellow and Member of the National Academy of Engineering.